Turntable tray for card games



July 23, 1935'. H. M. lSRAEL,

TURNTABLE TRAY FOR CARD GAMES Filed 001;. 24, 1954 INVENTO R,

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MM MZ Patented July 23, 1935 UNITED STATES moans PATENTv OFFICE Thepresent invention relates to a trayfor use in conjunction with a cardgame, and it has for its principal'object the-provision of a rotatableturntable, made preferably of a single" piece, which is provided with aplurality of depressed token receiving cups and depressed and dividedpanels and playindicating panels.

One of the'main advantages of'the present de vice is that it is made upinto a single member, though it may have plural parts, and is rotatable,

upon a card table, on its central token receiving cup so that duringcard play, that portion of the turntable away-from the player may bebrought around to the player, thus obviating thenecessity of the playerreaching across the card table or the turntable.

The-present turntable is especially adapted to act as a playing adjunctto the game of Michigan rummy.

The foregoing features, and other advantages,-

will appear as the herein description proceeds; and it is obvious thatmodifications may be made in the herein structure without departingfromthe spirit hereof or the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan View ofthe present improve I of the cups showing amodified form of construction. I

As in Fig. 1 the turntable comprises a circular disc, generally denotedby A the plane surface of which forms the main plane of the turntable,and from which plane surface all other depressions and beads aredeveloped. The turntable is preferably made of sheet metal, blanked andstamped to desired form.

The turntable has a centrally disposed circular depression I i therein,as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2, and the depression or cup I I is surroundedby an adjacent upraised, endless bead 5.

The turntable at its outer perimeter is pro vided with an integral downturned flange 2, and on the plane l, adjacent the flange 2, theturntable is provided with an upraised circular bead 3.

The circular bead 3 is connected to inner circular bead 5 by fourradially and equally spaced, upraised beads 4--4-44.

As thus described the upraised beading 3, 4 and 5-act to create aplurality of four divided, primary depressed panels, of which the planesurface l forms the bottom. There is provided a second set of secondarydepressed panels such as E6'6t, one for each of the four'prirnarydepressed panels, these panels t being depressed slightly below plane l,and'the bottom thereof being parallel to the plane surface, as in Fig.3. These panels 5 are preferably of elongate rectangular formation, ofabout'the dimensions of a standard playing card. These panels may beomitted and instead maybe substituted by imprinted-facsimiles of playingcards as noted below.

The panels 5 are preferably imprinted with a [symbol or facsimilerepresentationof a playing card, not shown, but understood, a differentcard being shown in each panel 6. For instance asviewed in i, the upperleft hand panel-5' may have the representation of the queen of clubs,the panel 6 to the right thereof mayha-ve the representation of the aceof diamonds, the lower right hand panel ii may have the represen tationof the ace of spades and the-lower left hand panel 6 may have therepresentation -of king of hearts. I

1 Further, each of the'facsimile cards may have imprinted externalthereto butadjacent the lower right hand side as at'a, b, c, d, Fig. 1,the symbol of such cards, as'above enumerated. The cardsymbols are sopositioned that when the turntable is in play on the card table, thefacsimile card S-in front of each of the four players seated, at thetable and its adjacent symbol are in readable position, the length ofthe card, and its panel, beingparallel to the beads 4, all of the'panels 6 being equally spaced about the center of the turntable insymmetrical position.

In each of the four primary panels, and symmetrically located withreference to each other are located four preferably circularly formeddepressions I, 8, 9 and lil, these forming a third set of depressedportions, in the form of cups. These cups are formed as shown anddescribed to permit the easy manual removal of tokens or markerstherefrom, during'play.

The bottoms of the cups 6, l, 8 and 9 and the bottom edge of the flange2 are all arranged to terminate in a single bottom plane, as indicatedby the dotted line I 2, Fig. 2.

The central depressed circular cup II, also so formed for the purposesset out for cups 1, 8, 9 and M, is deeper drawn than the other four cupsand accordingly, the apex M of its curved bottom extends slightly belowplane [2, as at l3, Fig. 2,

and thus acts as a peg or spinning point upon which the turntable A maybe rotated upon the card table top by the player, from time to time, asthe play proceeds, so that the desired section of the turntable is madeconveniently accessible to any player without undue reaching.

As the card play proceeds tokens are placed in the various cups, orextracted therefrom, depending on the run of cards held by each player.

Fig. 4 illustrates a modified form of cup construction. While it ispreferably intended to make the herein turntable of suitable thicknessof sheet material such as tin, sheet iron, aluminum and the like, whichmay be drawn up in one piece, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, other forms ofmaterial such as fibre board or even sheet metal, may be used and theplane surface I of the turntable blanked with holes at the cup positionswith a slightly angled circular flange l5 thereabout, and a sep aratelyformed, flanged cup I6 set into the flange l5 and suitably afiixedthereto, by known means.

By the construction herein, tokens such as may be used with the game ofMichigan rummy are segregated in their proper, related postions to thecard players, without loss and intermixing, until taken up by theplayers, thus insuring facility of play and increased pleasure inplaying.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is: V a

1. A turntable game tray, comprising a table, a token receiving cup inthe center of said table, a plurality of token receiving cupscircumferentially arranged about said central cup, and means providedupon said central cut to act as a pivotal point upon which to rotatesaid turntable.

2. A turntable game tray comprising a table divided into plural panels,a token receiving cup in the center of said table, a plurality of tokenreceiving cups circumferentially arranged about said central cup, andmeans provided upon said central cup to act as a pivotal point uponwhich to horizontally rotate said turntable.

3. A turntable game tray comprising a table divided into plural panels,a token receiving cup in the center of said table and a plurality oftoken receiving cups arranged one in each panel and about said centralcup, the central cup being larger than the cups in said panels wherebyit may act as a pivotal point upon which to horizontally rotate saidturntable.

4. A turntable game tray comprising a table divided into plural panelsby upraised beads, a token receiving cup in the center of said table,and a plurality of token receiving cups circumferentially arranged aboutsaid central cup, one cup for each panel, said cups being smaller thanthe central cup, whereby said central cup may act as a pivotal pointupon which to horizontally rotate said turntable.

5. A turntable game tray comprising a flanged table, having upraisedbeading on its upper surface, dividing said surface into a plurality ofequally spaced panels and a central portion, depressed cups in saidpanels, one for each panel and a depressed cup in said central portion,said cup in said central portion being deeper than the said cups andforming a central point upon which to horizontally rotate saidturntable.

6. A turntable game tray comprising a flanged, circular disc, havingupraised, merged straight and circular beading on its upper surface,dividing said surface into a plurality of equally spaced panels and acentral circular portion, depressed cups in said panels, one for eachpanel, symmetrically arranged with reference to one another and adepressed cup in said circular portion, said cup in said circularportion being larger than said cups and forming a central point uponwhich to horizontally rotate said turntable.

7. A turntable game tray comprising a flanged table, having upraisedbeading on its upper surface, dividing said surface into a plurality ofequally spaced panels and a central portion, depressed cups in saidpanels, one for each panel, a depressed cup in said central portion,said cup in said central portion forming'a central point upon which tohorizontally rotate said turntable, and a plurality of facsimile playingcards imprinted, one each adjacent each panelled cup.

8. A turntable game tray comprising a flanged table, having upraisedbeading on its upper surface, dividing said surface into a plurality ofequally spaced panels and a central portion, depressed cups in saidpanels, one for each panel, a depressed cup in said central portion,said cup in said central portion forming a central point upon which tohorizontally rotate said turntable, a rectangular panel adjacent eachpanelled cup and an imprint of a game card in each said rectangularpanel..

9. A turntable game tray comprising a table of stamped sheet metalhaving depressed panel surfaces dividing the table top into a pluralityof equal areas, depressed cups in said panels, one cup for each panel, adepressed cup in the central portion of said table, a depressedrectangular panel in each panel surface adjacent each panelled cup andan imprint of a game card in each said rectangular panel, said centralcup being deeper than the panelled cups to form an extended rotatingapex for the table.

HENRY M. ISRAEL.

